The Battle in Tally (2 FSU hosting 5 Notre Dame) did not disappoint last night! FSU trailed for most of the game but came back and then “survived” to win 31-27. Notre Dame drove down the field and scored what appeared to be the game winning TD on a pass from Golson to Robinson (son of the Admiral, David Robinson who was on the sideline) but alas, some sort of penalty (?) called it back on 4th down and then second attempt resulted in an interception, game over. It did not disappoint as sometimes happens with these much hyped games. The only disappointment..the conversation all the world heard as FSU head coach Jimbo Fisher whispered in QB Jameis Winston’s ear after the game…”Humble pie, etc”. Check Michelle Beadle’s twitter post..it was a classic. Anyhow.. FSU extends their winning streak to twenty three, the nation’s longest.
Meanwhile, in Gainesville, the Florida Gators were humiliated by Missouri. A tale of two cities! Gators fell 42-13. WOW!
Other games, 4 Baylor lost in Morgantown, 41-27 to the Mountaineers. Couches were burning I am sure! TCU rebounded nicely after last week’s loss to the Baylor Bears and defeated OK State, 42-9. How about Kansas State, defeating Oklahoma in Norman, 31-30. UGA has no Gurley, but not a problem as they punished Arkansas on the road, 45-32 (it was a much larger deficit earlier). Frosh RB Chubb rushed for over 200 yards (first time ever for a freshman RB at UGA) Then there was another loss for my team, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. This time on the road at Chapel Hill. They fell to UNC 42-37. This game was back and forth, over 1200 yards of total offense between the two teams and you knew whoever had the ball last would win. That would be the Tar Heels. Coastal Division of the ACC is a mess as per usual. Dukies continued to impress, defeating UVA 20-13. UCLA defeated the Cal Bears, 36-34 and Arizona State took care of Stanford at home late last night, 26-10. Thank heavens for Oregon. They rolled over Washington at home, 45-20 and Marcus Mariota had 336 yards passing with 2 TDs and no interceptions. Ole Miss defeated Tennessee 34-3 and they are for real. And Bama returned to being Bama, demolishing Texas A&M in Tuscaloosa, 59-0. Clemson defeated Boston College 17-13 and USC (the one in California) defeated Colorado, 56-28. Whew…what a crazy weekend in CFB yet again!
Latest Polls are out and are as follows!
AP Poll: 1 Miss State (43), 2 FSU (14), 3 Ole Miss (3), 4 Alabama, 5 Auburn, 6 Oregon (welcome back and climbing?), 7 Notre Dame, 8 Michigan State, 9 UGA, 10 TCU. Baylor is at 12 and Kansas State at 11.
Coaches Poll: 1 Miss State (36), 2 FSU (22), 3 Ole Miss (4), 4 Alabama, 5 Michigan State, 6 Auburn, 7 Oregon, 8 Notre Dame, 9 UGA and 10 TCU. Kansas State at 11, Ohio State at 12 and Baylor at 13.
OK…Peyton Manning goes for history tonight against the 49ers on MNF. He needs two TD passes to tie Brett Favre for career TD passes (508). GO PEYTON!
Thank heavens Roger Federer returns to action next week in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland. Masters 500 event and Rafael Nadal will be there as well.
Until later…still catching up on some rest after yesterday!
